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bcl on May 20, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Working with git? These aliases will save you hour...

I love ^R

But make sure you've found the command you really thought you were looking for before mashing the return key. Sometimes my muscle memory is a bit too fast...

pkrumins on May 20, 2011 | [–]

If you love ^R, you'll also love http://www.catonmat.net/blog/the-definitive-guide-to-bash-co...

jacobr on May 20, 2011 | [–]

  "\e[A": history-search-backward
  "\e[B": history-search-forward

In .inputrc lets me just start typing a command and then press the up arrow to search the history, no need for ^R.

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